Kayla's POV
My night vision had fully clicked in by now and I could see everything around me as clearly as if it was broad daylight and not pitch dark. The perks of being a werewolf…
I avoided the debris in the ground skillfully and dodged the low hanging branches of the trees all the while focusing on the scent of the rogues. With each step I took, the pungent scent grew stronger and then, the smoky smell of fire mixed in with the stench of the rogues. Sure enough, I saw tendrils of smoke rising from the other end of the forest and knew that the rogues must be sitting in front of a bonfire. Well, camping time is over, you filthy demons!
Finally, the trees thinned out to reveal a clearing in the forest and I spotted a band of rogues in human form. They were lazing around merrily, not knowing the
Kayla's POVMy eyes locked with the amber eyes of Zane Black and I wondered how he was here, so far away from his pack. And he appeared right when I was about to get the answers I had been desperate for. For a moment, I just wanted to carry on with my plan and interrogate the rogue. But then I sighed as I realised I couldn’t do it. I can’t let him know what exactly I was going to do. I should make him believe that I was here by accident...He looked at me with a confused expression before it was replaced by determination. He then looked me up and down, making sure that I was fine. His eyes fell on the torn state of my dress and his eyes narrowed in rage. He gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists as a myriad of emotions flashed in his eyes that met my gaze again.I broke eye contact with
Zane's POVAfter deciding that I would track the rogues instead of the Feral Assassin, I sent out my warriors in all directions to gather the information about hotspots for the rogues. Whenever I got the information about a place where more than three rogues were spotted, I marked that place in the map because I had a hunch that the Feral Assassin was targeting groups of rogues now. His recent killing spree was pointing towards that.Once I was done, there were four such places where rogues were said to band together that the Feral Assassin hadn't struck at yet. I stationed warriors at all four of them and demanded them to report all activities of the rogues without alerting them. In case there was an attack by the Feral Assassin, they were ordered to report me before restraining him.I dec
Kayla’s POVI looked at Zane with annoyance, wanting to wipe off that stupid smirk off his face. I knew that he had something up his sleeves and knowing him; I had a feeling that it would be nothing good. What was he planning to do now? We were in a damn forest and I couldn’t think of anything that could get him excited about it. Wait. We were alone in a forest with no one around us for miles…I looked at his eyes that were flashing with mischief and gritted my teeth when I realised what was brewing in his mind. I knew for certain that he believed this was his chance to woo me finally. Dream on, Mr. Alpha. I will plan on ways to ditch you and you keep planning on ways to win me. Let’s see who wins.“Well, I am a wolf and an Alpha at that. I know my way back and I can take care of myself. I don’t need you to help me. You can carry on with whatever you were here for,” I said, in
Kayla’s POVI squeezed my eyes shut, trying to stop the glare of the sun from disturbing my sleep. Did I forget to close the curtain last night?When closing my eyes didn’t help, I rolled around to the other side of the bed and hit something warm, a pillow?I opened my eyes lazily and met amber eyes gazing at me intently. My heart skipped a beat at the sight of my mate looking at me with a tender expression. But then I realised it was just a dream. Well, this was different from my normal nightmares and as tingles spread through my body, I couldn’t tell that I hated waking up to see my mate’s face first thing in the morning. Oh, who was I kidding? It was exhilarating to see him gazing at me with such a loving expression, and I couldn’t help but hope that I would get to wake up to such a sight for real one day…“Good morning, mate,” he greeted me with a smirk.
Kayla’s POVI shook my head to get rid of the melancholic feeling. There was no point in feeling sorry for myself. I had to get hold of myself and track the rogues now.I looked down at myself and frowned at the state of the dress I wore. I had enough of it and wanted to throw it away at the earliest. Too bad I didn’t bring a spare one. I spotted a small shop and saw a salesgirl putting the dresses on display. It appeared as if the shop was just opening up. If only I had some cash with me…My eyes fell on my gold chain, and an idea formed in my mind. Maybe I could convince them to give clothes to me by pawning it? I was not exactly pleased with the idea since it belonged to my mother and I cherished it. But I couldn’t think of another option…I sighed and marched towards the shop with determination. The girl in the store was a human and hearing me approach, the girl looked up with
Kayla's POVThe men stood around me, leering at me and the leader lost his apprehension entirely, having all his men to aid him. He strode towards me confidently, invading my personal space and I raised my brows at him."Oh, so you are not going for a one on one this time? Scared a woman will beat your ass...again?" I asked with a smirk."You!" he raised his hand as if to slap me and flinched with pain, as his eyes went down to his hand which was trembling under the exertion."It hasn't healed yet? Must have broken quite terribly.""Woman! You are asking for death! If you weren't just so gorgeous, I would have torn you to pieces and fed them to my boys already. But it would be a waste to destroy such beaut
Zane’s POVAs I walked with Kayla, my mind flashed back to the moment I found her with the men. I still felt murderous even though she was fine, and they were long gone. How dare they try to force themselves on my woman? On any woman for that matter, but seeing that fucker hold my girl and trying to kiss her, I literally saw red. If not for not wanting to show my violent side to my mate, I would have torn them all to shreds and still done some more. It took all my willpower as it is to spare them and now; I was having second thoughts. What if they do that to another unsuspecting woman? Well, I will deal with them when I come back later because I know I will be back again. My senses were screaming that they will soon be the Feral Assassin’s targets, and I will not blame him. These assholes didn’t deserve to live!I shook my head and turned to Kayla to see that she had slowed down. She looked tired, and I decided tha
Kayla’s POVI let go of the control I held over the beast inside me and as the man quivered in front of me; I knew that my eyes must be glowing right now. He finally seemed to recognise what horror he was facing, but bad for him, it was too late. I smiled at him showing my sharp teeth and he flinched before raising his hand toward me shakily.“Feral Assassin,” he mouthed in alarm, but no sound came out. Still, the words he breathed out seemed to ring in the silent forest, and the men who were holding me let go of my arms like they had been burnt.That’s right. I am the Feral Assassin everyone has celebrated. They looked down on me because I was a woman, even when I proved myself time and time again. That’s why no one ever doubted that the Feral Assassin could be a woman. It was always ‘he’ for them. Well, the joke is on them.I stretched my limbs and relished in the feeling of
Three weeks later…Kayla’s POVAfter I killed Stephen, we searched the mansion and found the papers of his research. We destroyed everything to make sure that no one would ever get the idea to create a race of wolves with magic ever again. Once that was done, we covered our tracks and ensured we left nothing that led to us. Done with our work, we left the place since the spell that blocked us from escaping had already gone down by then.The next day, I announced our relationship to my pack since I had no more reservations about it. The man had literally faced death for me several times, and I loved him as much as I could ever do anyone. There was nothing that stopped me from accepting our relationship wholeheartedly. The pack received the news with far more enthusiasm than I had expected. Even Ethan appeared to be genuinely happy at the way I accepted Zane, and I decided that it was time to let g
Kayla’s POV I stalked towards Stephen, and he stood there looking at me with wide eyes. He was no longer sporting the smug expression from before, and he didn’t look interested in my wolf anymore either. “Kayla darling…” he called out in a coaxing tone that one would use to soothe an aggressive dog. I let out a loud growl at him and he flinched and took a few steps back. “I am your uncle, remember? I am the only one left in the world for you. You don’t want to harm me, right? You don’t want to be alone in this world, right?” The red in my vision darkened at his stupid words, and I snarled in response. ‘And whose fault is it that I have no one else left? Weren’t you the one who killed my entire family, you bastard!’ I mind linked him and his eyes widened in response. That’s right. He never left the pack officially, and hence he was still a member of my pack. And I am still his Alpha…
Kayla’s POVI looked horrified as the men laughed and approached Zane. I tried to hit my hand against the golden cage I was imprisoned in. But just like the last time, I was thrown off by the electric sparks from it. My hand sizzled for a moment before the burn healed. Well, it means the burns would heal at least. If I could just tolerate the pain, maybe I could break the cage?With renewed vigor, I took a few steps backwards, stopping right before my back hit the edge of the magical cage. Then I gritted my teeth, ready to endure the pain, and leaped towards the cage and kicked it. But all my efforts were for nothing. Even though I forced myself to endure the pain, it didn’t help like I had hoped. Instead of passing through the cage with some burns, it just repelled and threw me from it. I fell on the floor and panted hard, not even feeling the burns in my feet. My heart was suffering more pain than my body. If I couldn&
Kayla’s POVStephen looked startled at my sudden confidence, but then he smiled at me condescendingly.“My dear niece, I hope you have no illusions that you could fight against all of us? Being a girl and a measly wolf at that, you wouldn’t have stood a chance even if they were ordinary wolves. But with their magic, you have lost before you even start.”I didn’t bother to respond to him before looking over at the men next to him. With narrow eyes, I speculated about their strengths and anticipated their moves. I couldn’t ignore any details without knowing what would help me in dealing with them.“Aww, the little girl really is thinking of fighting us!” one man teased me.I walked backwards, and their eyes twinkled merrily, thinking I was going to run away. But they frowned in confusion when they saw that I just stood behind Zane.“Oh, the p
Kayla's POV I looked at Zane with wide eyes and slowly turned to see Stephen standing there with a wide smile. He looked just as I remembered. As if he hadn't aged a day since the time I saw him five years ago. Come to think of it, he looked even younger than how he looked then. Either the life was really good for him or he had a few tricks up his sleeves to keep aging at bay. Given the crazy hunger for power he possessed, he couldn't have had a peaceful life that prevented him from sporting grey hair. And from the magic raging around us, he was definitely dabbling with wizardry and I had a feeling that it was also responsible for his youthful looks. I looked at him with a blank expression pasted on my face and even though his face looked exactly the same as when I had seen him when he was younger, he felt different somehow. Then I realiz
Kayla’s POVAs Raymond got busy with shouting instructions to his loyal followers, I slowly slipped away from him and walked over to Zane, who was standing there with a sour look.“Relax. You know I don’t care for his attention, right?” I whispered.“As if you cared about that when you saw Maggie flirting with me.”I flinched at the reminder of the witch and bit my lips when I realised that he wasn’t clueless about her pining like I thought he was. I had to give Kudos to his act, though. Even I was fooled into thinking that he didn’t notice her efforts.I looked up to see Zane’s nostrils flaring, and then he narrowed his eyes.“Just as I thought.”Huh?Zane looked at me with a smirk.“Guess who is reeking of Stephen’s scent?”My eyes widened in the realisation that Zane got Stephen’s
Kayla’s POVI stared at the skinny guy who stood staring at the unconscious man with a proud expression. He dusted his hands off before looking around the hall as if waiting for anyone else to challenge him. People looked at him and then the brawny guy on the ground before scampering off while a few lingered around, praising his strength.I watched as the bigger man who was still unconscious was dragged away from the hall by his peers. For a werewolf to become unconscious and to stay so for this long, how much force should have been used on him? That too by a guy who looked as if he couldn’t even stand straight on his own.It smelled really fishy, and I just knew it in my heart that this was all linked to Stephen. I didn’t have any evidence that said so, but my instincts were screaming at me that this has Stephen written all over it and my instincts had never let me astray so far.As the g
Kayla’s POVWhen I thought of going to hunt Stephen, what I pictured in my mind was both of us getting dressed in badass spy costumes and searching for him stealthily until Zane gets his scent trail. And I thought it wouldn’t be much of a hassle since we were fairly certain that he was still somewhere in the state and we only needed to stop by in each of the towns before he could come across the vile man’s scent. We wolves could sniff out our prey for miles, and with Zane’s superior tracking skills, he could track the scents even farther than regular wolves.I had mapped it all in my head, and that’s why I was surprised when Zane declared his brand new plan that had nothing to do with what I had in mind.Zane had vetoed my grand plans by telling that it would look suspicious if we go to every town and sniff around for Stephen. He may get wind that we were searching for him, and we would nev
Kayla’s POVOnce Zane informed me that he got Stephen’s scent, I thought that we would start hunting him right away. But he insisted he needed to get some things done before commencing the tracking. My excitement took a nosedive at his declaration, but I decided I could use the time to check the snake’s diary.We locked the cottage, and I ignored Zane’s ill concealed laughter as I buried the key back in the plant pot. What is wrong with having a hiding place for a key?!When we reached the hotel room, I made a beeline for the couch and sat with the diary in my arms. I wanted to know what all nasty secrets it carried.Zane looked at me with amusement shining in his eyes, but seeing my determined expression, he left me to it before going to the balcony with his mobile.I opened the diary and noted that it was from the year of the rogue attack. For him to lock it in a hidden compartmen